It’s go time. Sue. Big. Oil. In July 2022, Vancouver city councillors voted 6-5 in support of a motion to set aside about $700,000 — roughly $1 per every Vancouver resident — to fund litigation against Canada’s biggest producers of oil and gas. Join leaders from UBC, West Coast Environmental Law,...
Interested in learning more about sustainability? Our events listing and featured events provides plenty of opportunities to get involved in sustainability, both on-and-off campus. If you are looking to highlight your sustainability event on campus, please visit UBC Events and tag your submission "sustainability" related.
What might sea level rise look like at UBC? A new mural in the AMS sustainability corridor offers a glimpse into future possibilities. Join local artists Josianne Assignon and Ana Julia Leon to celebrate the completion of the mural and to learn how...
Climate Emergency Week
Climate Emergency week at UBC seeks to convene and energize communities of climate action at UBC. Join our events, workshops and activities, and take collective action for justice, people, and our planet.
UBC Reads Sustainability
Part book club, part lecture series, and part opportunity to learn beyond the classroom. UBC Reads Sustainability is a forum for students across disciplines to discuss sustainability issues.
SDG Week Canada
SDG Week Canada is a national collaboration featuring workshops, panels, and other interactive programming to increase awareness of and engagement with the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) on university and college campuses.
Climate Justice Series
In response to the focus on climate justice as part of UBC’s Declaration of a Climate Emergency and recommendations from its Climate Emergency Task Force (CETF) Report the UBC Sustainability Initiative launched the Climate Justice Series, featuring sessions that examine climate justice from various perspectives, locally and globally.
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Past Events
When:
Thursday, February 9, 2023 - 17:00 to 18:30
Location:
In-person and virtual
As part of UBC’s Climate Emergency Week, the UBC Climate Action Mobilizers are hosting a microgreen growing workshop for all students! Through this campus-wide microgreen growing workshop, students will: Grow microgreens in their dorms or at home Develop a skill which can contribute to self...
When:
Wednesday, February 8, 2023 - 17:30 to 19:30
Location:
Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability (CIRS)
TikTok is the fastest growing social media platform with over 1 billion global monthly users. What does this mean for the climate emergency? This “Ask-Me Anything” with Ian Gill, Global Sustainability Lead at TikTok, will explore the Chinese social media giant’s popularity, its corporate climate...
When:
Tuesday, February 7, 2023 - 12:30 to 13:30
Location:
Online/Virtual Event
Speaker: Dr. Julia K. Baum Professor and President’s Chair, Ocean Ecology and Global Change, University of Victoria Climate change-amplified marine heatwaves now pose an imminent threat to the world’s tropical coral reefs. On almost all coral reefs, however, climate change is superimposed on a...
When:
Friday, February 3, 2023 - 11:00 to 12:00
Location:
Hybrid Online/Virtual and In-Person – See Description
Reception to follow xʷθəθiqətəm or The Place of Many Trees Liu Institute for Global Issues 6476 NW Marine Dr, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z2 The future of the ocean is essential to the planet’s future and human life. Climate change intersects profoundly with biodiversity, food security for billions of...
When:
Thursday, February 2, 2023 - 17:00 to 19:00
Location:
Liu Institute for Global Issues
Speaker: Dr. Jean-Baptiste Jouffray Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University Humans have become a dominant force of planetary change. This epoch, referred to as the Anthropocene, implies profound alterations to the Earth’s marine and terrestrial ecosystems upon which so many people depend...
When:
Friday, January 27, 2023 - 11:00 to 12:00
Location:
Online/Virtual Event
Can we achieve balance in the nutrient cycle? In an ideal world the nutrients in soil, such as phosphorus and nitrogen, flow through the entire food system, growing into plants, which animals and humans eat, and eventually those same nutrients return back to the soil, beginning the cycle once again...
When:
Thursday, January 26, 2023 - 11:00 to 12:30
Location:
Online/Virtual Event
This presentation will explore the intersection between planetary health, climate change and the well being of Indigenous peoples. I will explore how Indigenous climate change knowledge holds the key to define and diagnose solutions to the planetary health crisis.
When:
Tuesday, December 13, 2022 - 10:00 to 11:30
Location:
Online/Virtual Event
Speaker: Dr. Adaoma Wosu The Landscapes and Livelihoods Group “There are by far more examples in the literature where the introduction of alternative livelihoods have failed to deliver the impact that was intended, than there are examples of where alternative livelihoods have brought about the...
When:
Friday, December 2, 2022 - 11:00 to 12:00
Location:
Online/Virtual Event
*Free Event with food for in-person attendees* Did COP27 open up space for the voices of Indigenous Peoples, youth organizers, and local communities? Join our post-COP27 event for an opportunity to hear from and speak with faculty and student delegates who’ve just returned from climate negotiations...
When:
Thursday, December 1, 2022 - 18:00 to 20:00
Location:
In-person and online